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heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí . . . gilde .xii. ór for þáre heorde þe hé wæs háðen swá lange (i. e. the priest was to pay a fine, because his care of his flock had been such that an infant member of it had been allowed to

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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Mid ðam háligan ele, ge scylan ða hǽðenan cild mearcian on ðam breóste, and betwux ða gesculdru, on middeweardan, mid róde tácne, ǽrðanðe ge hit fullian on ðam fantwætere; and ðonne hit of ðæm wætere cymþ, ge scylan wyrcan róde tácen uppon ðæm heáfde

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Cild ðæt ðe heó Abrahame on his ylde ácende filium quem peperit ei [Abraham] jam seni, 7 : Beo. Th. 43; B. 22.

Linked entries: yld eld

swá

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1 a. add: confirming a previous statement Gé secgað ꝥ Petrus hæfde wíf and cíld, and wé eác secgað ꝥ hé swá hæfde, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 30. 2 a. Dele passage from Blick.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Syle ðam cilde swelgan, i. 350, 14. Swylgende (-fende, Wrt.) drenc a potion to be gulped down; catapodia (καταπότιον ), Wrt.

Linked entry: swylfende

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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Ðæt cild weóx swá swá óðre cild dóþ the child grew as other children do, Homl. Th. i. 24, 35: 18, 26: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 13: Cd. 60; Th. 73, 18; Gen. 1206: Exon. 34 a; Th. 109, 35; Gú. 100.

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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.: pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59. Wícing oððe flotman pirata, 73, 74: archipirata, Hpt. Gl. 501, 35. Yldest wícing, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 60.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte . . . beó be ðæs hláfordes dihte seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte wífe and cildan and néhmágon, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1.

Linked entry: BRÝD

ge-cnáwan

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S. 30, 377. to acknowledge, a person Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33.

geár

(n.)
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Ánes geáres cild oððe lamb anniculus Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 11. Wé ealne þysne geár lifdon mid úres líchoman willan, Bl. H. 35, 37. Án cométa ofer ealne geár sceán, Hml. ii. 300, 32. Se here þǽr sæt .i. geár, Chr. 869; P. 70, 4.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Nis ná máre betwyx mæssepreóste and bisceop búton se bisceop biþ gesett tó hádigenne preóstas, and tó bisceopgenne cild, and tó hálgyenne cyrcan, and tó gýmenne Godes gerihta, L. Ælfc. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 25.

hwæþer

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, Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 9. in dependent clauses. as substantive, alone, which of the two. where the alternatives are not expressed Nást ðú hwæðer bið þæs rícan wífes cild, hwæðer þæs earman, Hml. Th. i. 256, 14.

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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Ðæt wíf ðurh ða fǽrlícan styrunge ne gýmde hire cildes, Homl. Th. i. 566, 8. Sceal áspringan bryne and blódgyte and styrnlíce styrunga, Wulfst. 88, 11. trouble Wé sceolan on ǽlcne tíman and on ǽlcere styrunge mid ródetácne ða réðan áflían, Homl.

Linked entries: stirung styring

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.
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Lamb. 46, 6. of discipline or conduct, stern, severe, strict Cildru behófiaþ swíðlícere steóre, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 33. Hé munucregol gesette mid swýðlícre drohtnunge, Basil prm.; Norm. 32, 6

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Móna se ehtoða ... cild ácenned uncúð ( unfriendly? ), strang, Lchdm. iii. 188, 3. Wé genéðdon eafoð uncúþes ( Grendel ); úþe ic swíþor, ðæt ðú hine selfne geseón móste, feónd fylwérigne, Beo. Th. 1924; B. 960. Sceaþa eáweþ uncúðne níð, 558; B. 276.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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So too in the laws of William I : 'Cil ki ad aueir champestre xxx. deñ vaillant deit duner le deñ sein Piere,' Th. i. 474. And see note on p. 170. See too the laws of Henry I : 'Romfech in festo Sancti Petri ad Vincula debet reddi,' Th. i. 520. v.

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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., referring to a female, to be with child, bear, bring forth young Wá ðám wífum, ðe ðonne týmaþ and heora cild fédaþ (vae praegnantibus et nutrientibus, Mt. 24, 19), Wulfst. 81, 6.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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</b> 1 a Ꝥ cild . . . ǽr hé on innoðe geeácnod wǽre, Lk. 2, 21. Hig cómon ꝥ cild ymsníþan, and nemdon hyne, 1. 59. where the pronoun represents either a male or female, cf.

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Cildru on scole betǽcan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 27 : 188, 18. a band or troop of people, a shoal, school (in school of fishes) Him on healfa gehwone heofonengla þreát ymbútan faraþ, ælbeorhtra scolu, Exon. Th. 58, 2; Cri. 929.

Linked entries: scól sceolu

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.